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In COVID-19 lockdown, US reports surge in domestic violence
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): At a time when violent crimes, including murder, rape and assault, have plummeted owing some form of lockdown across the world to slow the spread of COVID-19, official figures cited by The Economist have shown a sharp rise in domestic violence--a crime
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World Bank predicts sharpest decline of remittances in recent history
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 23 (ANI): Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 per cent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to the World Bank.
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Kerala's Kasargod district witnesses sharp fall in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kasargod (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Kerala's Kasaragod district, which has recently emerged as the COVID-19 hotspot with 169 cases, has managed to bring down the active corona cases to 27, said State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday.
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Boston Globe gives 16-page to COVID-19 deaths in US
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [USA], April 20 (ANI): The deaths due to COVID-19 have been on a sharp rise in the United States and to offer a broader picture of the knee-deep crisis, The Boston Globe published 16 pages of obituaries in its Sunday (April 19) print edition.
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Covid-19 brings boom time for Singapore's home food delivery companies
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, April 20 (ANI): Singapore's home food delivery companies have never had it so good as in the current COVID-19 pandemic with sales touching record numbers, a sharp contrast to the rest of the Economy, which has virtually come to a standstill.
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Cop, murder accused injured during scuffle with police in Bengaluru
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 16 (ANI): A murder case accused and a cop were injured here on Thursday after the former attacked the policemen with a sharp weapon and a police officer fired at him in self-defence.
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Salman Khan sends out sharp message to 'jokers' who flout lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Actor Salman Khan on Thursday put out a sharp message to the "jokers" who were flouting government-imposed guidelines and venturing out during the ongoing lockdown, putting at risk countless lives to the deadly coronavirus.
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Pakistan's economy may contract by 1.5 pc: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan's economy may contract sharply by 1.5 per cent during the current financial year.
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IMF pegs India's growth at 1.9 pc in FY'20-21, but says will bounce back t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the growth of Indian economy in 2020 at the rate of 1.9 per cent, while the world economy is likely to contract sharply by "minus 3 per cent" due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is proving worse
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India witnesses sharpest ever spike in COVID-19 cases with 1,463 new infec
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): With the sharpest ever increase of 1,463 new positive COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus cases in India on Tuesday climbed to 10,815, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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India's COVID-19 cases surge to 10,815
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): With the sharpest ever increase of 1,463 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 29 deaths, the total number of coronavirus cases in India on Tuesday climbed to 10,815, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Small scale pharmas in Haridwar stop manufacturing hydroxychloroquine as p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): While the demand for hydroxychloroquine tablets keeps on rising worldwide, small pharmaceutical manufacturers in Haridwar have stopped producing the drug due to the sharp increase in the cost of raw materials, according to Anil Sharma, Presiden
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